Queerying Leo Giamani

What can we say? We love Leo! His amazing body, rugged good looks, and enormous cock! No wonder we chose him as the QueerClick 2008 Man of the Year and no wonder that our very own QColumnist Steve Prince fell in love when they met at the Cybersocket Awards.
Leo actually seemed a bit agitated during our interview, possibly because he’d just gotten back from NYC and felt tired. If you’ve been following the porn mega-star, you can appreciate why. Though he’s a Randy Blue exclusive who became a star seemingly overnight, Leo considers himself a bit over-exposed and his fame a double-edged sword. We discussed the biz, barebacking, bisexuality, and his possible retirement over the phone. He’s a quick talker and his voice made us melt into a gooey puddle. Hot!
You won QueerClick 2009 Man of the Year. What do you think contributed most to your rapid rise to fame in the porn industry? There are other handsome musclemen out there with big dicks, so while that’s certainly helpful, that can’t be the only reason you’re so popular, right?
It’s probably my personality, I’m humble and just so down-to-earth, I try to have a good attitude. Take the cover for Mustang’s Red Light, for instance. They had to choose a cover model and they went for me, even though there were other guys who had been around longer who wanted it, they decided to give it to me. I also won Best New Web Performer of the Year at the GayVN Awards. At QueerClick, there was a couple things said after I got Man of the Year about me doing bareback. Y’know, some movies I did. I actually got on there and said nothing’s been done in over six months. Though I also had some fan response that was pretty positive as well.
To be honest, what most people don’t wanna hear, what no one can believe is that I applied a year ago to Corbin Fisher, Sean Cody, and some other places, and the only one who wanted me at the time was Jake Cruise. Nobody wanted me at the time but they did a month later. But doing bareback on Jake Cruise got my foot in the door. I did it, and in all honesty, the bad comments are from people who always have negative things to say if they see any star.
There’s a lot of people that do bareback and a lot of people that don’t and who are very partial on the fact they’ll look down upon you. Some people in the biz won’t work with you if you’ve done bareback. I’m exclusive now, so now there’s a little interest from other studios. It’s a numbers thing to be honest. I generate so much revenue now that a lot of studios wanna work with me, but they don’t all wanna pay.
Rumor is that you used to be a fireman or a policeman before you got your start in porn. Is there any truth to that rumor? And what do you think about the whole “men in uniform” fetish, especially since firemen and policemen have been idolized so much after 9-11?
I guess I’ll say yes. To be honest I’ve never been a cop, but I was a fireman for six months. It’s idolized, but they dont make that much. It’s hard to live in NYC and be a fireman.
Did you ever rescue anybody or get a cat out of a tree?
I did a couple of rescues, but no major fires. I never had to put my life in danger unfortunately. (Laughs)
What are your feelings about sex versus intimacy in your work? Are you always acting in your scenes or do you feel like some of your work has genuine intimacy? What creates chemistry between you and another male actor?
It’s not always very intimate because there’s hundreds of people in the room, cameras, and often you have to pay attention to angles and positioning. There is some intimacy, but all the positions and everyone involved, it reduces it. And you can’t just go off and do anything on your own. There’s directors that have a way they want to see it, so you can’t always do what you want.
And chemistry… it can vary because of the person or the setting.
Can you think of a particular scene that was more intimate or not so much?
Nah, I don’t know. I did a movie called “Burning Desire” where there was a bathrub and champagne. It was a lot more involved than just a couch. That felt more intimate, I guess. [As for bad scenes,] to be honest, I dunno. I guess I’ve been fortunate to work with good actors so I’ve never come across any bad scene.
Would you fuck the hell out of our QC columnist Steve Prince if he promised to write a column about it the week after?
No. I don’t wanna do pro-bono work.
We’ve raised money…
I’m also under contract and I don’t know if he’s gonna be filming with cameras or anything. If he’s writing about it, I’ll probably get sued.
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